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Joey
WeddingWire Admin May 2015 Maryland

How large is your guest list?

Joey, on August 7, 2017 at 13:46

Posted in Plan a wedding 57

One of your first tasks in planning your wedding is to make a rough guest list - this dictates what size venue you need and greatly impacts your budget. So I'm curious, how many guests are you planning on having? Your guests are an important part of your wedding day! You can read some ideas for how...

One of your first tasks in planning your wedding is to make a rough guest list - this dictates what size venue you need and greatly impacts your budget. So I'm curious, how many guests are you planning on having?

Your guests are an important part of your wedding day!Your guests are an important part of your wedding day!

You can read some ideas for how to help ensure your guests feel special at your wedding in this article.

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  • Catarina
    Newbie August 2018 Ontario
    Catarina ·
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    Both of us come from huge families right now our guest list is 600 and we still haven't included friends, this is all family.

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  • Stacy
    Curious August 2019 Ontario
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    I come from a HUGE family and my finance does not . We are looking at around 100 people- I would prefer for it to be smaller though !

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  • Natalie
    Beginner March 2018 British Columbia
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    We were going to have a destination wedding with 25 - 30, now it's a local wedding with about 62 close friends and family.

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  • Amanda
    Beginner July 2021 Nova Scotia
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    About 50-60, including about 5-10 children.

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  • Lana
    Newbie September 2018 Alberta
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    Our rough guest list is about 54 people

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  • Shelby
    Frequent user October 2017 British Columbia
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    100 guests, no children.


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  • Brenda
    Expert April 2018 Ontario
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    60 -80 with expectations of possible 20 not showing
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  • Sonja
    VIP September 2017 Ontario
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    Quite small... only 29 guests comprised of immediate family and close friends.

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  • Melissa
    Beginner August 2018 Prince Edward Island
    Melissa ·
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    Right now we are have around 150, but that is including plus ones for all single guests which we haven't decided on for sure yet.
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  • Jen
    VIP June 2018 Ontario
    Jen ·
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    We are well over 100 on the list but we are hoping to have anywhere from 80-100 show up.

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  • Kathy
    Devoted June 2018 Ontario
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    Our rough list right now is sitting around 145, but around 20 of those people are maybe's.

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  • Kayla
    Devoted September 2017 Alberta
    Kayla ·
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    45 People tops. Family and close friends. We didn't want to spend a lot and we didn't want to spend the day with people we aren't close with.

    This keeps our budget down as well as stress.

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  • Erin
    Expert September 2017 Ontario
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    Our original guest list was 25o, however as we started planning and looking at venues, we realized that we would rather have exactly the wedding we wanted with people close to us than to have a mediocre wedding with everyone we ever knew. We sent out 150 invitations and are still waiting for some RSVP's, but we will likely have close to 150.

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  • Marissa
    Curious August 2017 British Columbia
    Marissa ·
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    First rough guest list was 175, (we were aiming for 150-160), when people began saying they couldn't make it we added more (final # invited was 195), 4 days out from the wedding and we have 139 coming.
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  • Joey
    WeddingWire Admin May 2015 Maryland
    Joey ·
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    Same for me, Erin, we invited just over 80 and had about 75 in the end.

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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
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    We are having about 75-80 people at our wedding.

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  • Cherie
    Curious July 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador
    Cherie ·
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    So far I am at 65 and I believe they r all the ones that will be there for sure. And I just started planning so I figure between 65 and 80 at the most probably. BUT the number of guests don't matter everyone's will vary, it depends on how many SPECIAL people YOU have that u want to share that day with. I've got a really small circle too and I am just fine with that so just ask yourself who do u want to share this day with? And those r they


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  • I
    Newbie August 2018 Alberta
    Imelda ·
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    We are planning to invite 150 guests.
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  • Laura
    Frequent user August 2018 Ontario
    Laura ·
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    Venue can only hold up to 180, so between 150 and 180 is our target.
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  • Amanda
    Frequent user October 2017 Alberta
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    Between 82 - 90 people
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  • Louise
    Devoted September 2017 Quebec
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    We are having 80 guests!
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina
    Lynnie ·
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    We invited around 270 people Smiley surprise Thankfully we had a lot of declines! My mom definitely over-inflated the guest list with cross-country family friends I haven't seen in forever and her church friends I've never met!

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  • Chelsea
    Master August 2017 Ontario
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    We invited about 120, our guest list is 109 after everything! We expected between 100-120 and so we were right in the middle!

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  • Rekramer
    Expert November 2018 Ontario
    Rekramer ·
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    Give or take 100 people.

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  • Sasha
    Super October 2017 Ontario
    Sasha ·
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    We are having 40 guest at the wedding
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